Views: 0Frozen Food Express Transportation Services, Inc., a leading nationwide temperature-controlled transportation and warehousing provider, is expanding its business with a new transportation and logistics facility in Butler, Missouri. The company is investing nearly $6 million and creating nearly 60 new jobs in the region. “Missouri’s central location and business-friendly environment is a leading destination […]
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad cancels plans to close Route 11 for one week in Brookfield
Views: 0Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad has notified the Missouri Department of Transportation that they have canceled their plan to close Route 11 in Brookfield this week for emergency repairs to the Brookfield Sub railroad bridge over Route 11. A new date for the closure has not been set yet. When rescheduled, the road will […]
Attorney General says Missouri lawmakers can refuse to fund Medicaid expansion
Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – Missouri lawmakers were not obligated to fund Medicaid expansion, and the courts cannot force the state to pay the medical bills of people who would be eligible under an initiative that amended the state constitution, the state attorney general’s office argued in documents filed Monday in Cole County Circuit Court. The filing from […]
Lawmakers introduce legislation to maintain rural bridges
Views: 0U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Bob Casey (Pa.) announced that they have introduced the Support for Community Bridges Act. The bipartisan bill would allocate more dedicated funds for bridge repair to states with more off-system bridges in poor condition. Off-system bridges are not on the federal highway system and are often left out […]
Lawmakers release bipartisan report investigating January 6 Capitol attack
Views: 0U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Ranking Member and Chairwoman of the Committee on Rules and Administration, and Gary Peters (Mich.) and Rob Portman (Ohio), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a bipartisan report on the security, planning, and response failures related to the […]
Missouri, Kansas utilities may use loophole to charge customers for fossil fuel lobbying
Views: 0(Missouri Independent) – Missouri and Kansas residents’ utility bills may be helping to bankroll the energy sector lobbying against policies aimed at lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Federal and state rules prohibit utility companies from passing their lobbying costs on to customers through bills. But in both Kansas and Missouri, utilities like Evergy, Ameren, and […]
Unionville man hospitalized in Kirksville after crashing on Highway 129
Views: 0A Unionville resident received serious injuries when the vehicle he was driving overturned in northeastern Sullivan County. Twenty-three-year-old Jeramiah Summers was taken by ambulance to the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Summers was southbound when the sports utility vehicle (Suzuki Vitara) traveled off the left side of Highway 129, eight miles south of […]
Deadline for submissions approaching for Missouri Department of Agriculture photo contest
Views: 0The Missouri Department of Agriculture reminds amateur photographers to enter the 2021 Focus on Missouri Agriculture Photo Contest by 5 pm Friday, June 11, 2021. The contest allows photographers to submit their best images of life on the farm to help tell the story of Missouri agriculture. That image may take shape through a […]
Audio: Missouri House Corrections Chair calls on Governor to release Kevin Strickland from prison
Views: 0A key Missouri lawmaker who chairs the House Corrections Committee is calling on Governor Parson to grant an immediate release to an inmate that prosecutors say was wrongly convicted of murder 40 years ago. Missourinet’s Brian Hauswirth has our report: GOP State Representative Andrew McDaniel of southeast Missouri’s Deering tweeted that Thursday […]
Audio: Missouri resumes in-person visits at state prisons
Views: 0Visiting hours at Missouri’s 20 prisons have resumed, with some rules. Prisoners who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can have visitors. Masks and on-site health screenings are required. Visits must be scheduled in advance with the prison. The Missouri Department of Corrections does not require visitors to be vaccinated, but it […]
Chillicothe Fire Department responds to grass fire on Route
Views: 0The Chillicothe Fire Department responded to a grass fire on Route A on Friday afternoon, June 4. Battalion Chief Les Hinnen reports firefighters found approximately one acre on fire in a field and ditch/fence area along the road. Firefighters used a side by side with a water pump to extinguish the fire. Firefighters used […]
COVID-19 detected in wastewater from Linn County sewershed
Views: 0Results from community sewershed surveillance in Brookfield indicate possible increases in COVID-19 transmission. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services saw increasing and elevated trends of concentrations of COVID-19 genetic fragments in wastewater from the Brookfield (Linn County) sewershed during the weeks of May 17th and 24th. During the week of May 17th, […]
Governor Mike Parson appoints fifteen to various boards and commissions
Views: 2Governor Mike Parson announced fifteen appointments to various boards and commissions. Bryan Atkins, of Rea, was appointed to the Board of Probation and Parole. Mr. Atkins served as the Sheriff of Andrew County from 2009 until his retirement in 2020. Prior to being elected sheriff, he served as a Deputy Sheriff for Andrew County. He also […]
Missouri man sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole for armed robberies
Views: 0A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for the armed robberies of eight metropolitan-area businesses during the summer of 2017. Calvin C. Wallace, III, 30, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to 20 years in federal prison without parole. On Nov. 9, 2020, Wallace pleaded guilty to […]
Evergy files application to adjust charge on customer bills
Views: 0Evergy Missouri West and Evergy Metro have filed applications with the Missouri Public Service Commission to adjust the demand-side investment mechanism charge on customer bills. The charge appears as a separate line item on customer bills. It allows Every Missouri West and Evergy Missouri Metro to recover demand-side management program costs and incentives under […]
Couple who falsely claimed to be farmers sentenced to prison in $1.1 million COVID-relief fraud
Views: 0A couple was sentenced to prison for their participation in a scheme to file four fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $1.1 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Latoya Stanley, […]
Chillicothe Fire Department responds to vehicle fire
Views: 0Chillicothe firefighters on Tuesday evening responded to a car fire at 719 Elm Street. Upon arrival, Fire Captain Tracy Bradley reports the engine compartment of the Buick LeSabre was fully involved with occupants outside the vehicle. The fire had burned through the hood, so the department placed the fire hose nozzle in the opening […]
Missouri man sentenced to 9 years in federal prison without parole for stolen firearm
Views: 0A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for possessing a stolen firearm. Donte Hardy, 32, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to nine years and four months in federal prison without parole. On April 23, 2021, Hardy pleaded guilty to possessing a stolen firearm. Hardy was arrested on […]